FANTASY BASEBALL

{"playerId":1643,"percentChange":-0.2,"averageDraftPosition":8.6,"percentOwned":97.8,"playerRaterSEASON":4.4,"playerRater7DAY":-1.2,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"McCutchen is increasingly likely to remain in Pittsburgh in 2017 with a move from center field to one of the corner spots, Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports reports.","spin":"With a trade market full of quality veteran outfielders, the Pirates may be changing course with McCutchen and considering dealing other pieces, perhaps prospects, from the organization instead. McCutchen's contract can keep him in Pittsburgh through the 2018 season, as he'll collect $14 million in 2017 before a $14.5 million option is on the table for 2018.","date":"Thu Dec 8"},"fullName":"Andrew McCutchen","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"Bad months happen to virtually every player every season and when it's happening to a superstar, owners just have to stay patient and not freak out. Of course, it's really easy to say that when said superstar is on someone else's fantasy team. It wasn't hard to imagine Cutch would emerge from his April slump (.636 OPS), but at the time, they were the only numbers he had on paper for the season. Nagging injuries (knee, back) were piling up and some were wondering aloud if maybe '15 was just going to be one of those lost injury seasons that hit even the best players from time-to-time. Now with the benefit of hindsight, we can all have a good laugh at that idea, but those injuries still had their affect in the form of a career-low 16 stolen base attempts. It didn't stop him from having a $30 season and even if 20-plus stolen base outputs are a thing of the past, McCutchen is still a first-rounder who could fall to the second round in some drafts.","seasonId":2016,"date":"Mon Feb 8"},"playerRater30DAY":5.2,"playerRater15DAY":1.7,"positionRank":33}